Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHEAST POLK COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192682001570
Mitchellville Elementary
308 Elm Ave NW, Mitchellville, IA 50169 · (515) 967-4274 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
79 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mitchellville Elementary→Southeast Polk Middle School→Southeast Polk Junior High→Southeast Polk High School
Based on grade levels within Southeast Polk Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
90.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
93.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.8% | 93.5% |
| 2023-24 | 88.1% | 92.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 76% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Iowa's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mitchellville Elementary
Mitchellville Elementary's state test result (89.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchellville Elementary this school | 255 | 31.0% | 89.0% |
| Grundy Center Elementary School Grundy Center | 283 | 32.5% | 82.0% |
| Audubon Elementary School Audubon | 252 | 30.6% | 84.9% |
| Northwood-Kensett Elementary Northwood | 287 | 30.0% | 68.3% |
| Guthrie Center Elementary School Guthrie Center | 253 | 31.6% | 79.4% |
| Parkersburg Elementary School Parkersburg | 211 | 30.8% | N/A |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mitchellville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #15 of 564 | #3 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.5% | #13 of 564 ▲ 4 | #2 of 78 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.8% | #17 of 564 ▲ 8 | #2 of 78 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #469 of 705 | #80 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #282 of 561 | #41 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #416 of 561 | #82 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #485 of 666 | #65 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.5% | #97 of 168 | #7 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
255
+21 (+9%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 255 | 18.9 | 13.5:1 | 31% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 18.9 | 12.9:1 | 37% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 16 | 15.1:1 | 35% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 33% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 17.5 | 13.4:1 | 40% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 209 | 17 | 12.3:1 | 39% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 180 | 15 | 12.0:1 | 49% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 188 | 14 | 13.4:1 | 19% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 14 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mitchellville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (235 to 255); teachers up 8% (17.5 to 18.9).
About Mitchellville Elementary
Mitchellville Elementary is an elementary school in Mitchellville, Iowa, and it is part of Southeast Polk Comm School District. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 255 students. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 325 average for elementary schools in Iowa.
Southeast Polk Comm School District counts 10 schools and 6,359 students, including Mitchellville Elementary.
The large majority of students at Mitchellville Elementary, 89%, are White. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Polk County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Mitchellville Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
Teacher staffing is 18.9 full-time equivalents, or about 13.5 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is about 13.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 31%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Polk County is 49%.
A school in Iowa with Mitchellville Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 76.5%. Mitchellville Elementary scores 89.0%.
Census estimates describe Polk County this way: median household income is about $83,576, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 137 public schools in Polk County, with a combined enrollment of about 77,436.
Southeast Polk Middle School is the public school closest to Mitchellville Elementary, about 4.6 miles away. Mitchellville Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mitchellville Elementary at 1st of 8.
The federal government classifies Mitchellville Elementary's location as Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 234 to 255. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.6:1 to 13.5:1.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southeast Polk Comm School District
- Southeast Polk High SchoolHigh · 1,722 students
- Southeast Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Clay ElementaryElementary · 700 students
- Willowbrook ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Four Mile ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- Delaware ElementaryElementary · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Southeast Polk Middle School4.6 mi · 1,112
- Centennial Elementary5.3 mi · 423
- Morris Elementary5.5 mi · 601
- Anderson Elementary School5.6 mi · 531
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School5.6 mi · 445
- Altoona Elementary5.6 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Mitchellville ElementaryHow many students attend Mitchellville Elementary?
Mitchellville Elementary enrolls approximately 255 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mitchellville Elementary serve?
Mitchellville Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mitchellville Elementary?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Mitchellville Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Mitchellville Elementary?
Student demographics at Mitchellville Elementary are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mitchellville Elementary?
Mitchellville Elementary is overseen by Southeast Polk Comm School District in Polk County.
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